Simple is good enough.

When I became a stay-at-home mom, I knew I wanted to provide my family with healthier home-cooked meals. After a couple years of efforts, I also began to realize I really value simple cooking. Meals, simplified. Fewer, fresher ingredients. Sometimes not 100% homemade, but convenient whole foods when possible.

It's when I began cooking, among other things, when I really started to adapt a new motto: Simple is good enough.

When you start, start simple. Avoid getting overwhelmed before you've even decided if you like what you're doing. And even if you could technically do better, know when to call it good enough. Your sanity will thank you.

h o w w e d o i t
Sometimes we have really simple tacos with just one or two toppings over beans, and other times we have the works. Sometimes we buy everything ready to heat/serve (taco shells, beans, salsa, guac); other times, we get motivated and homemake some or all of it. (We feel especially fancy those times.)

That's the beauty of accepting simple as good enough--sometimes it really is plainly simple, other times it's simply extravagant. But it's always good enough.